Torrenting is a very controversial topic nowadays, especially with music piracy. For some people, like myself, I strongly believe torrenting should be allowed. One example where torrenting is helpful is for students.

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There are times when a student does not want to put out several thousand dollars for a program like Final Cut Studio. I’m aware that there are student discounts on software like Photoshop, but many companies still don’t offer them for higher-end applications. On the other hand, many people prefer to get movies from torrent, which is very understandable with movie ticket prices these days. I’ve put together some helpful tips on how to use a torrenting program, (PC & Mac) to decrease the time it takes for a torrent to download.

Change Priority For Multiple Torrent Files. By having the ability to change priority on a file basis, you can not only speed up your torrents, but get only the files that you need (e.g. Just the video file or serial number). In uTorrent, go to the Files tab and select the files that you need and right-click.

Change the priority to High Priority. Next select the files you don’t need (like.nfo,.txt, sample.avi, etc.) and change the priority to Don’t Download.screenshots: Limit Download And Upload Rates.

Surprisingly, when you limit the download rate instead of using unlimited speed, the download time will decrease significantly. Same thing with the upload rates, in part because the more you’re uploading the more peers will connect, therefore causing more connections.

Go take the Verizon online when you aren’t downloading anything. After the tests are complete, you should get two numbers: the Download rate and the Upload rate. Next you need to convert the rate from Mbps to KB/s via Google (e.g.

1.8 Mbps to KB/s). Now you use that for your download rate/upload rate in the uTorrent preferences.screenshots: Change BitTorrent Settings. Global Connections limits the number of people worldwide to connect to the torrent you’re downloading. To change this number, go to uTorrent Preferences. Under the BitTorrent tab, increase your Global limit number (e.g. 1000) and the Per Torrent limit (e.g.

300). If you don’t know what number to put in either of those fields, just experiment until you notice faster download speeds. Under the same BitTorrent tab, make two other changes: Queues (Transfers: 3; Downloads: 2) and Outgoing Encryption (Enable). Those settings will increase your speed because you are limiting the number of active downloads and outgoing encryption, which gives you more overall connections.screenshots: Network Settings. Most torrent networks use the TCP port 6881 and above. Due to the amount of internet usage that BitTorrent accounts for, many internet service providers (e.g.

Verizon, Comcast, Bellsouth) want to limit the connection on those ports (6881-6999). Therefore, it can help to make your TCP port somewhere above 10,000. Go to uTorrent Preferences and go to the Network tab. Under the Incoming TCP port field click the Randomize Now button until you see a TCP Port that is above 10,000.

If you are using a router, make sure you have the “Automatically map port” field checked. If you need access to your router’s settings, go to Network in System Preferences to find the address. Then type in your router address in a web browser. Contact your internet service provider if you have trouble changing your router settings.screenshots.

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By. 1:13 pm, October 8, 2014.Popcorn Time makes movie piracy easier than watching Netflix. What is Popcorn Time?Popcorn Time is a multi-platform, open source Bittorrent client that also includes a really slick media player.

It’s designed as a pirate’s alternative to Netflix, only instead of actually streaming unauthorized copies of films using Bittorrent, Popcorn Time uses sequential downloading and uploading to play films in its media player. Where did it come from?Back in March 2014, a group of Argentinian developers worked on creating software that would make it easy to stream video from torrents, and Popcorn Time was born. Weeks after its controversial debut, the original team shut the project down due to copyright concerns, “not because we ran out of energy, commitment, focus or allies.

But because we need to move on with our lives.”The day after the project was shuttered, the picked up the abandoned open source code and resurrected the service. Other developer teams have also built on the Popcorn Time code, and there are actually a couple different variants out there, but they’re all pretty similar at this point. How does it work exactly?On the user end, it works much link Netflix, only it’s got a lot more new movies.

Users navigate the app by flipping through thumbnails of movie posters, or you can run a search. Once you find a movie you want to see, you can tap watch and the stream starts almost instantaneously.On the back end, it is an HTML/CSS/JavaScript application (NodeJS) rendered by a browser (node-webkit). The streaming is done by a torrent client for NodeJS (Peerflix). All the informations (torrent, images, informations) are automatically fetched by the application from different sources and are nicely put together. What can I watch on Popcorn Time?The options change daily but the main screen is dominated by the most popular recent blockbusters. You can search for older popular movies too, but if you’re looking for obscure flicks, your best bet is looking on Netflix and Amazon Prime.

Popcorn Time is also great for streaming TV shows and pulls from EZTV it’s extensive catalog of TV show torrents. Is it Legal?The Popcorn Time website posts this cautious disclaimer at the bottom: “Downloading copyrighted material may be illegal in your country. Use at your own risk,” while the site boldly states “This PopcornTime service will never be taken down.”The Bittorrent protocol doesn’t legally (or technically) allow streaming, but the sequential downloading software in Popcorn Time circumvents that. Using torrents isn’t illegal, but viewing copyrighted material without paying for it is, so be careful.Who are the developers behind it?The main developers behind Popcorn Time have kept their identities hidden, but the group rallies around its popcorn-faced mascot named Pochoclin, who YTS is behind the popular site which was a direct spinoff from the original project.Another group of anonymous programmers from all around the world who have worked together on several projects head up the site.

Can Popcorn Time be trusted?Can any anonymous organization plotting to overthrow one of the world’s most powerful, wealthy, and longest standing industries ever really be trusted? Probably not, but Time 4 Popcorn says they offer torrent traffic encryption, plus a free VPN, so you can use it without worrying about the Feds knocking down your door. What platforms does it work on?OS X, PC, Linux, Android, iOS (if you, or ) and it supports AirPlay to Apple TV. Is it safer on a particular platform?If you’re on a Mac you should definitely use a VPN if you’re playing with torrents. That option isn’t available on iOS, so if you want to be safer, maybe only use public connections, like your local Starbucks WiFi. By tunneling your connection through a safe, anonymous connection, the Feds hopefully won’t be able to see all the bad Liam Neeson movies you’ve binged on.

Is movie industry trying to crush it?As of September 1.4 million devices had installed Popcorn Time. That number has probably shot up significantly over the last month too now that iOS users have access.It’s safe to say that Hollywood would love to crush it if they could, but instead of using an army of lawyers to try to get Popcorn Time and other torrenting apps shutdown, they could work on striking better content deals to give people what they want on with services like Netflix that bring in revenue. What other next piracy tools like Popcorn Time are out there?No one owns the, so there are a number of forks and alternatives that have spun-off from the main Popcorn Time project after it closed.

The most popular being. Both sites look nearly identical but the software is slightly different.is another iOS app that works just like Popcorn and also requires a jailbreak or time-hack to install, but an OS X version isn’t available yet. XBMCtorrent can replicate some of Popcorn Time’s streaming features on OS X, but there’s no app for iOS.